RUSSELL v. INGERSOLL-RAND CO.

No. D-0489.

841 S.W.2d 343 (1992)

Betty Parr RUSSELL, Individually and as Independent Executrix of the Estate of Donnon O'Neal Russell, Deceased, et al., Petitioners, v. INGERSOLL-RAND COMPANY, et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Rehearing Overruled December 9, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Y. Saunders, John W. Tavormina, Carl D. Kulhanek, Jr., Richard P. Hogan, Jr., Helm, Pletcher, Hogan, Bowen & Saunders, Houston, for petitioners.

Max E. Roesch, Thomas B. Taylor, Taylor & Eggleston, Laurie B. Easter, Hutcheson & Grundy, Houston, Gordon R. Pate, Karen L. Spivey, Pate & Dodson, Beaumont, William S. Rhea, IV, Robert F. Maher, Maureen McPherson Spector, Crain, Caton & James, Houston, P. Michael Jung, Strasburger & Price, Dallas, Edward J. Mahar, Michael Phillips & Associates, Robert L. Adams, Willard M. Tinsley, Dunn, Kacal, Adams, Pappas & Law, Houston, for respondents.


OPINION

HECHT, Justice.

If an individual's action for personal injuries would have been barred by limitations at the time of his death, are actions based upon the same wrongful conduct, brought by his heirs, legal representatives or estate under the Survival Statute, Tex.Civ.Prac. & Rem.Code § 71.021, and by his beneficiaries under the Wrongful Death Statute, Tex. Civ.Prac. § 71.001-011, also barred...

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